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Date: Mon, 03 May 2004 17:34:07 +0200
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Subject: Re: new GEOM feature - geom_vol_msdosfs 
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In message <20040503153055.GT24376@darkness.comp.waw.pl>, Pawel Jakub Dawidek w
rites:

>I was wondering if slicers isn't an overkill here as we don't need any
>transformations.
>We could only connect a consumer to destination provider to be able to
>detect orphans and just create symbolic link to destination provider
>from under /dev/vol/... What do you think?
>In addition it will clarify the source provider if someone is interested.

How do you plan to notice when the device disappears again ?

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